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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009

Prize Announcement
Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Professor Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2009.
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Interview
Following the announcement, Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, told senior editor Simon Frantz why Herta Müller's uniqueness comes from the double experience of being part of a minority language while being under an oppressed society.
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